Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

At the heart of most things that look bad is something that can be good and useful.

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

I got my degree in culinary arts in 1978.

A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

Encouragement is oxygen for the soul

Tolstoy was the most gifted writer who ever lived. It's like he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even go through his mind on its way to the page.

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same

I came into the world under the sign of Saturn -- the star of the slowest revolution, the planet of detours and delays.